If it doesn't work, maybe amdgmary can't post Mel's note.
THANKS, MEL GIBSON. It was a great note. FV
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Posted on 02/28/2005 7:08:08 AM PST by floriduh voter
Found this article on the Feminists For Life website. Think we can encourage them to speak up a little louder for Terri?
Office Phone: (202) 737-FFLA
E-mail Address: info@feministsforlife.org
Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond)is the honorary chairperson
I thought it was used to mean that they fooled the person into believing or accepting the ideas that they were promoting.
Yes, to God be the Glory:')
Bravo!!!
Your prayers would be ***greatly*** coveted. My plane leaves from BWI tomorrow at 5:30, and flying and I do not get along. Thank you!
Do we have any reports in yet on the rallys held today in Florida?
Wish I knew. I don't get there 'til Sunday.
Hey team....needing update here!
A nun who was once fearful of flying was told by her fellow nun..'fly with the plane, relax your feet out in front of you, relax your spine, untense your hands and go with it!'
I don't remember what was wrong with Michael's parents. As I recall, they were on a feeding tube, and Michael Shiavo commented how good he felt whe he had the tube pulled. Amaxing that one person has three such opportunities. I wonder how much he and his two brothers inherited.
A congressman comes calling
Jim Cummings
http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/story.asp?id=4376
The economy, Social Security reform and the war in Iraq were just a
handful of topics United States Congressman Mike Pence came to
discuss Friday at a town hall meeting at the Greensburg/ Decatur
County Library.
Nearly two dozen local residents and several others from outlying
counties, dropped in to hear from and spend time with the
Congress-man from Indiana’s Sixth District. Pence, who defines
himself as a Christian, conservative and then Republican that
order—said he is delighted to be back in his home state.
“This morning I was looking at the Flat Rock River instead of the
Potomac River. When I see that I know I’m doing better,” Pence said.
“I am very happy to be here in Greensburg, holding one of the 50
town hall meetings I try to conduct each year.”
Pence, who serves on both the House Agriculture and Judiciary
committees, began the 45-minute session by catching those in
attendance up with the happenings in Congress.
“We are working very earnestly on the federal budget,” Pence said.
“This is one of the most conservative budgets since the Reagan
administration. Often times these budgets are pushed aside but
were working hard to stick to what’s been adopted.”
Pence said his time spent in Pakistan and Afghanistan during the
Christmas holiday was a deeply inspiring time for him. He said he
was moved by meeting with the troops supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom.
Next, he spoke on the war in Iraq.
“There’s still some difficult work to be done in Iraq,” he said. “But, we
were all happy to see the Iraqi people have spoken out in deafening
terms that they want democracy. That was shown when we saw
millions of them line the streets with their blue ink-stained fingers
after the recent elections.”
The Congressman promised legislation he expects to pass within
days providing additional resources to Afghanistan and Iraq will be
an enormous help.
He also vowed to push forward with the Free Flow of Information Act
which will protect reporters from divulging their sources.
“I have a great passion for the Bill of Rights,” Pence said.
“A free and independent press is the only real-time check we have in
place. Studying this act has been an exciting time for me.”
Protecting members of the clergy is another undertaking in which
Pence said he believes in passionately. He feels priests, reverends
and other church leaders are being silenced through the threat of
government reprisals.
“I don’t want reverends to feel constrained and not to speak out on
important issues because they may lose their tax-exempt status,”
Pence said. “I believe this fear exists on many pulpits and is keeping
clergy from speaking out on the most important matters of our time.
“Often, some of the greatest legislation is driven by people on the
pulpit. This is definitely an important freedom of speech issue.”
As a member of the Judiciary Committee Pence has closely involved
himself with the case of Terri Schiavo who is in a Florida hospital
bed. Her doctors say she is brain dead and has been for years.
Her husband wishes to disconnect her feeding tube. He said she
expressed a wish not to be kept alive in such a vegetative state. Her
parents want to regain custody and keep her alive.
The case has been through state, local and the Supreme Court.
Pinellas County Circuit Judge George Greer has ordered her
feeding tube be removed, ending the protracted legal wrangling.
“This procedure will take two weeks as she dies of dehydration and
starvation,” Pence said. “Medical professionals have told me this is
one of the worst ways to die and involves an enormous amount of
pain. We are trying to draft legislation which will allow her parents to
appeal again to the U.S. Supreme Court. Even death row inmates
have that right.”
Pence went on to explain how deeply he has been affected by this
situation.
“This one is personal to me,” he said. “If someone were to tell me I
couldn’t feed my brain dead daughter I’d turn into Denzel
Washington in that movie (John Q). You might as well padlock the
hospital doors.”
Next, Pence tackled a question on the country’s energy supply.
“On my way here I noticed gas had gone from $2.09 to $2.15 a
gallon. When are we going to start drilling in Alaska?” a woman in
the audience asked.
While the U.S. has been drilling oil in Alaska for decades, the most
recent controversy has centered on proposed drilling in the Alaskan
National Wildlife Reserve .
“Most people don’t understand the relationship be-tween energy
consumption and gas prices,” Pence said.
“If we can increase the amount of oil available in the world it would
bring down prices. I’m not comfortable with our persistent
dependence on foreign oil. Some experts say there is as much oil
beneath ANWR as there is in Iraq. Some pundits have said that the
only reason we went to war in Iraq was for the oil. I guess it appears
we now have to go to war in Alaska.”
Despite a tremendous amount of resistance, Pence believes the
drilling at ANWR is important.
“I don’t think we have to make a choice between energy and the
environment,” he said. “We can do this and still help the
environment. We’ve been drilling on the north slope of Alaska for a
long time and the caribou population has shown a great increase.”
Another audience questions centered on bringing manufacturing
jobs back to the United States.
“The first step is to recognize that we can compete here,” Pence
said. “This weekend I will be stopping at a company in Indiana who
recently secured a $10 million contract with Toyota. They are a great
story about creating economic vitality and jobs.”
He went on to say trade with foreign nations is still a good thing and
can create jobs in this country.
“I see protectionism as a way of us cutting off our nose to spite our
face,” he said.
A Greensburg youngster, Michaela Shake, had a question which is
very personal to her.
“Are there any bills in the legislature to threaten my right to be
home-schooled?” she asked. “If so, how would you vote on them?”
Pence was clear on how he feels on the matter.
“There are no bills I am aware of,” he said. “If there were, I’d vote
against them.”
As the session wore down Pence continued to be gracious even
while his patience was tested by a member of the audience. The
man who said he was from Trafalgar apparently has been following
Pence from city to city as he conducts his town hall meetings.
“You were very disruptive in Columbus, then New Castle and now
here. I’ve answered your question each time so apparently you don’t
have good hearing. I hope you are not going to continue to be
disruptive here.”
The man was not happy with his treatment and sporadically blurted
out questions or comments towards Pence. Greensburg Police
Chief Bill Meyerrose and Lt. Bruce Copple were in the audience and
dispatched an on duty officer to come to the library for security
reasons.
The meeting concluded without incident.
Loved his reaction to the Terri situtation. Saying he would turn into Denzel Washington like character in the movie 'John Q and "you might as well padlock the hospital doors' about says it all. He said this situation is very personal to him.
I'm feeling a little bit 'violent' myself.
If it doesn't work, maybe amdgmary can't post Mel's note.
THANKS, MEL GIBSON. It was a great note. FV
Could you link us to the theEmpireJournal again? Thanks!
I am so sorry you are still sick...the flu this year was AMAZING. I had family and friends out with it for no less than THREE WEEKS and I am not kidding!
Have you gotten any reports from the vigil today?
haven't ckd my emails. I AM STILL VERY SICK. I wouldn't count on me for any information because this is not letting go of me.
Continued prayer for you, FV ... Mel's note posted as a red X, which must mean love and kisses to Terri ... can you ask him to send me one?
Won't happen. Big media will do all it can to suppress the truth. Why? Big media types like the popular D. Rather and Peter Jennings support the concept of euthanasia, no matter how it is obtained.
Pence is so outstanding that it is amazing that the liberal-moderate majority in IN has not yet voted him out of office.
BY THE WAY, we had a sonic boom here last night even at Hospice Woodside. The sonic boom registered 2.9 on the Richter Scale. I thought it was God coming to shake my floor and bed and to maybe shake Terri out of her hospice bed! It was like an earthquake instead of a sound event. Very Bizarre jets going to fast to MacDill Air Force Base.
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